Hi there! I just noticed something…my chapters are kinda short. I don't know if you guys are used to reading extra-long chapters, and that bugs you. If it does, let me know.

Okay, just so you know….

"Somebody talking" "During a flashback"

'Somebody thinking' 'During a flashback'

(If I ever interject anything)

Annnnd…

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Chapter 4: Koga and Home Again

0o0 Last Time 0o0

Naraku concentrated. He wasn't very satisfied with his new body. The old body he had been working on for ages, sorting and re-sorting all the demons it was made up with. He was in that process when Kagura had been able to escape. He wanted to recapture or kill Kagura and Kanna, but right now, he wanted to use the time he was presumed to be making his new body to collect some shards.

Namely two shards that he had gone after time and time again, but had never seemed to be able to 'catch' them.

Koga's.

0o0 And Now…0o0

Naraku watched Koga stop and wait exasperatedly for his followers to catch up. Naraku was downwind, so he couldn't be detected unless he stayed there for too long.

"Koga, what are you going to do now?" asked a panting wolf demon.

"The same thing I always do," Koga answered.

"Hunt down Naraku?" The wolf demon sighed. "But we've been doing that, for ages, and haven't found any evidence of him. His castle is completely gone."

"No, but he has found you," a sinister voice floated over to them. Naraku had obviously gotten bored with just sitting and watching, and had stepped out of the trees. Koga immediately got into a defensive stance, but before any of them could react, an appendage shot out of Naraku and landed explosively were Koga had been, just a millisecond before.

"ARE YOU REALLY NARAKU, OR ARE YOU A PUPPET!" Koga demanded. He wasn't ver sure he would get an answer, but he really didn't want to waste his time with one of Naraku's "dollies."

Naraku lowered the hood of his baboon pelt, revealing his face, and proving he was the real thing. Koga growled and bolted at him, immediately planting himself onto a barrier. Koga jumped away just as Naraku sent another appendage at him, just barely grazing his upper leg.

"Missed!" Koga taunted. "Why don't you come out here and fight like a true demon!"

"That, I cannot do, for I am not a true demon." With that, Naraku released his poison vapors, which started to swirl around Koga. Koga got again into the defensive crouch, but couldn't really do anything, or he'd melt.

But something about what Naraku had said, struck him.

"Oh, that's right!" Koga said sarcastically, "Mutt-face mentioned something about you only being a half-demon like him once." The vapors were swirling all around Koga, but surprisingly, didn't touch him. He couldn't see Naraku, but he knew that the jerk was there somewhere.

Suddenly, said jerk's voice floated out of the swirling miasma.

"Yes, but I was getting stronger, perfecting my body, but suddenly, treason was committed against me, causing my wonderful body to be ruined. But, everyone else thinks that I'm off collecting demons. Unfortunately for them, I have finished early, and decided to use the time against them. I am now collecting shards. Unfortunately, you are the last person other than Inuyasha who has shards." With that, Naraku appeared, making the space in the miasma widen.

Koga wanted to do something, but he wasn't' fast enough. One of Naraku's appendages was out and around his leg before he could even think. The world tipped upside down as he was hung in the air.

"I really expected more, but oh well, not everyone is smart." With that, he brought a struggling Koga closer. He took out the almost-complete Shikon jewel and placed it next to one of the shards in Koga's legs. Both shards glowed, and the smaller shard started moving toward the bigger jewel, ripping through Koga's skin.

Koga was struggling violently, but couldn't make a single sound, thanks to another appendage covering his mouth. Naraku moved to the next jewel shard, the one in Koga's other leg. The shard also started moving. After he had gotten both the shards, Naraku dropped Koga.

"You are no longer a threat to me." Naraku wafted away in his swirling miasma. Koga barely heard or saw his two companions rush up to him and start asking a million questions, apologizing that they couldn't do anything.

One thing registered in Koga's mind, though. Someone had ditched Naraku, and was responsible for the destroyed castle and the short disappearance of him. Koga though for a second.

"Kagura!" he almost shouted, causing his two companions to jump a little.

"What?" one asked, a little worried.

"Naraku said that someone had committed treason against him. It had to have been Kagura. Once before, she had almost ran away. Remember? Inuyasha was human then too."

0o0 Flashback 0o0

"Inuyasha! You turn human on the night of the new moon don't you? That was no trick of my eyes then!" Kagura demanded. She had seen something odd about Inuyasha while the dust was clearing…black hair, brown eyes…and it was just too weird. But now he was a demon. She had only glimpsed it.

"Well, it's not night anymore, now is it?"

0o0 later 0o0

"Kagura went away from Naraku's palace," Kagome said, pointing in the direction that Kagura had gone off with Koga's shards.

"I smell her!" Koga all but shouted as he leapt off Kirara.

"Koga! Wait! Your injuries! Kagome called after him.

"Don't worry about me, Kagome. They've already healed. I'm not a weakling like that half-breed mutt." Inuyasha growled at Koga.

'Why is she headed away from Naraku's castle?' he wondered.

0o0 End 0o0

Well, Koga knew only a few people who should be at least warned of Naraku coming 'back.'

With Inuyasha & Co.

They had gotten back to Keade's hut just as the stars were coming out, and the old lady was just about to get ready for bed.

"I see ye have come back, and with reinforcements," she said, still calm as ever after noticing Kagura and Kana.

"Yeah," Sango answered, picking up Kirara. "We found the castle. And there wasn't even a shield up, but that was because Naraku wasn't there. Kagura and Kana had been able to escape, but were unable to kill Naraku."

"So now he's off who-knows-where, probably collecting demons for his new body," Miroku theorized.

"Well, I'm glad that ye are able to get along and everything," Keade mentioned Kagura and Kana. "I would like to hear the whole story. Come in and have some stew."

"Thanks Keade," Kagome said, "they can stay and eat, but I need to go home for about two or three days." She didn't look at Inuyasha as she said this. She knew what was coming and braced herself.

"What! You're leaving, again!" Kagome turned to the now thoroughly pissed of dog-demon.

"Yes. I need to go. Not only that, but right now is the perfect time, because until Naraku comes back, there is practically no threat that you need me for," she tried to rationalize with the white-haired demon, but it just wasn't working. So she tried the other way.

"Whatever Inuyasha," she said and walked off. Sometimes, if she just left, he wouldn't do anything.

"Kagome!"

'Shit. Didn't work this time.' Out loud she said, "Inuyasha, can't you just let me go home in peace for once!" Not turning around, she could tell he was catching up to her. She sighed just as he landed in front of her.

"Why so you need to leave this time?" He demanded.

"I need to catch up on all the homework I've been getting while I'm here," she stated, trying to stay calm. "And I will go home, even if I have to s--" He interrupted her.

"All right! All right! Only two days, okay!" He clearly didn't want to get sat at the moment.

"Thanks Inuyasha. Have a nice night." She walked around him, almost to the well. She stopped and turned.

"Oh, and if you do come to get me this time, please stay at the shrine."

"Why?" he asked, a little confused.

"Because, even if you do wear a hat, you still attract a lot of attention. I might buy you some clothes one of these days so you can blend in." With that, she jumped through the well.

"Clothes?" he asked out loud. Suddenly, the wind shifted.

'Thank goodness Kagome just left.' Inuyasha thought. There was a scent on the wind that he just didn't want to smell right now.

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Well, I'm sorry it took quite a while for this chapter, I've been trying to get onto my computer for ages but my two bratty sisters are on it, like, 24/7!

Oh, and I need help!

A long, long, long, time ago, before I really knew what fanfiction was (sadly, it wasn't that long ago), I found a story, but didn't think to remember the name to it.

Pretty much, it's in present time, in the US, and Kagome is 20 and also a Lawyer. AND I CAN'T FIND IT! I've looked EVERYWHERE! The first chapter is called "A dream within a dream" and it quotes Edgar Allen Poe right afterwards.

PLEASE HELP ME! If you've read this story, please let me know! Thanks.

R&R!